Certification Guideline 19

SUBJECT
Appeals - Educational Requirements

GUIDELINE DEFINITION
Initial decisions to recognize university courses as satisfying educational requirements 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 58, 59, 60, and 69 are made by the District Certification Officer. An individual may appeal a decision to the District Certification Committee. The decision of the District Certification Committee may be appealed to the State Certification Committee by either the individual or the District Certification Officer. The appeal to the State Certification Committee must be in writing and sent to the State Certification Consultant. No new evidence may be used in the appeal process to the State Certification Committee. Only information already provided to the District Certification Officer will be considered. Each party will be given a minimum of two weeks to provide the necessary written communications to the State Certification Committee.

EXAMPLE
Larry requested that course 400-504 (Educational Practices), which he completed at the local university for two credits, be recognized for requirement 54 Educational Evaluation. This request was denied by the District Certification Officer. Larry then asked to appeal the decision to the District Certification Committee. The District Certification Committee reviewed the same course description that he provided to the District Certification Officer. They also agreed that course 400-504 should not be recognized for requirement 54. Larry has now appealed this decision to the State Certification Committee. He has sent a copy of the course outline and the course description with his letter requesting an appeal. The course outline was not provided to the District Certification Officer. Therefore, the State Certification Committee will not consider the appeal until this new information has been considered by the District Certification Officer and if necessary by the District Certification Committee.

RATIONALE
Certification decisions should be made at the district level if at all possible. Appeals must be based on the same evidence being provided at each level of the appeal process.

Implemented: September 30, 1993
Last Reviewed/Revised: May 2002

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